Bill Sponsor
Kentucky House Bill 79
Session 2022RS
AN ACT relating to mental health.
Became Law
Became Law
Signed by Governor on Apr 8, 2022
Sponsors
Republican
Bill Wesley
Republican
Mark Hart
Republican
Kim Banta
Democrat
Tina Bojanowski
Republican
Josh Branscum
Republican
Kevin D. Bratcher
Democrat
McKenzie Cantrell
Republican
Daniel Fister
Republican
Chris Fugate
Democrat
Al Gentry
Republican
Jim Gooch Jr.
Democrat
Derrick Graham
Republican
David Hale
Democrat
Angie Hatton
Republican
Norma Kirk-McCormick
Republican
William Lawrence
Republican
Savannah Maddox
Republican
Kimberly Poore Moser
Democrat
Ruth Ann Palumbo
Republican
Melinda Gibbons Prunty
Democrat
Rachel Roberts
Republican
Steve Sheldon
Democrat
Cherlynn Stevenson
Democrat
Ashley Tackett Laferty
Republican
Richard White
Democrat
Lisa Willner
First Action
Oct 22, 2021
Latest Action
Apr 8, 2022
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Bill Number
79
State
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Session
2022RS
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Summary
Amend KRS 15.518 to include telecommunicators as eligible participants in the Law Enforcement Professional Development and Wellness Program; amend KRS 15.550 to require the telecommunicator basic course training to include instruction on and provide resources for treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder and work-induced stress, require the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council to incorporate PTSD mental health treatment into the telecommunicator training program and provide treatment resources to telecommunicators and their supervisors; amend KRS 15.560 and 15.565 to require each in-service training to include a mental health component on PTSD and work-induced stress; amend KRS 15.590 to require the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council to include training and resources for post-traumatic stress disorder and work-induced stress during each telecommunicator in-service training, provide guidelines and a resource list to all telecommunicators and their supervisors, and allow telecommunicators to access the Law Enforcement Professional Development and Wellness Program; this Act shall be known as the Lifeliner's Act.
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Record Created
Jan 11, 2022 12:09:00 AM
Record Updated
May 25, 2022 10:38:29 PM